Billy Smith
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About that, "We built a web browser from scratch with AI," claim…
> When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype. Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter. https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/cursor_opinion/
> "… I agree this isn't just wiring up of dependencies, and neither is it copied from existing implementations: it's a uniquely bad design that could never support anything resembling a real-world web engine."
About that, "We built a web browser from scratch with AI," claim…
> When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype. Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter. https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/cursor_opinion/
> "… I agree this isn't just wiring up of dependencies, and neither is it copied from existing implementations: it's a uniquely bad design that could never support anything resembling a real-world web engine."
Busy Is the New Stupid
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@hamishcampbell (8/9)
Since you have already expressed your #mind on the issues of #stupid-individualism I think it would be interesting to #explore specific-case #benefits of it, based on cases which had #positive #outcome . In the same fashion, it could be interesting to explore the #negatives of a #shared-governance and #open-processes in #context of #projects which had #negative outcome from it, as a #thought-exercise .
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@hamishcampbell (6/9)
But it doesn't look to me like the #world works that way.
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I am also #curious , since you have an interesting #concept of #compost there, whether it would #scale . On the same #note , if you were to gain #mass #attention with your #website , would it #benefit it by bringing right #people , or would it #rot it? You mention #preventive systems for avoiding that kind of rot. I would like to hear more about that.
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@hamishcampbell (7/9)
You speak broadly about a lot of things, here I am thinking more from the #context of #tech #projects . In terms of #key-figures and #stupid-individualism I would try to not go into extremes. While I agree that the #issue #exists big time, I could come up with #examples where both could be either #good or #bad , depending on the #scenario .
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Having watched the way US educators shunned #wikipedia, it rubs me extra wrong how quick they have been to embrace LLM/AI nonsense.
A bunch of original human work—that is correct?
Heck off.
A bunch of plagiarized artificial crap—that is wrong?
Hell yeah!!
Prepare for That Stupid World
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It's Always the Process, Stupid
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